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Legislation that will allow employees to take out a quarter of their private pensions as a lump sum on retirement was passed by MPs last Friday. The National Pension Scheme (Occupational Pensions) Amendment Act 2019 will now require non-Bermudian wor...

An independent education authority for Bermuda’s schools is under consideration, the House of Assembly heard last Friday. Diallo Rabain, the Minister of Education, said the Government was exploring a recommendation made in the Future State Report fro...

Jason Hayward, a government senator, has been replaced by Lloyquita Symonds as president of the Bermuda Public Services Union. A statement this morning from Edward Ball, the general secretary of the BPSU, announced that Mr Hayward would not be runnin...

Members of the Progressive Labour Party were asked to learn from people of all ages as they celebrated Bermudian excellence at the weekend. Wayne Frederick, the president of Howard University in Washington, highlighted the values of both younger and ...

The Government is working on suggestions made in a comprehensive proposal for Bermuda’s future and will look further at others, MPs heard. Wayne Furbert, the Cabinet Office minister, highlighted recommendations made by BermudaFirst in its Future Stat...

The Parliamentary Registrar reminds voters that this Thursday, 21 November 2019, the bye-election for Pembroke Central Constituency 17 will take place at the St. Paul AME Church hall, in the city of Hamilton. Polling station hours are from 8:00 a.m. ...

The Premier is close to being “a wannabe dictator”, the Opposition leader claimed yesterday. Craig Cannonier, the Leader of the One Bermuda Alliance, accused David Burt of “putting his foot on the throat of democracy”. He said: “The Premier has dem...

The Premier said he would push the Speaker of the House to deliver a written ruling to justify his decision to halt his ministerial statement yesterday on the floor of the House. Mr Burt and Speaker Dennis Lister clashed when Mr Burt tried to get Mr ...

Both the Premier and the Leader of the Opposition were disciplined by the Speaker of the House yesterday in chaotic scenes in the House of Assembly. David Burt was ordered by Speaker Dennis Lister to stop reading a ministerial statement — and earlier...

The Premier will reveal pledges to be added to the Government’s agenda today in the House of Assembly. David Burt told the Progressive Labour Party’s delegates conference last month that he would highlight promises fulfilled from last year’s Throne S...